Wächtersbach climate — normals and trends
Wächtersbach (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 831 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Wächtersbach averages 75 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Wächtersbach has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 91 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 19 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
WächtersbachHesse
- coords
- 50.26°, 9.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
831mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.4 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
70 mm
7 October 1982
Windiest day
49.7 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
7 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
15 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.2 h
6 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 105 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 29 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -55 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 55 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 57 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 64 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 42 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 115 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wächtersbach?
Wächtersbach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 831 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wächtersbach?
The hottest day measured in Wächtersbach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wächtersbach?
The coldest day measured in Wächtersbach between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Wächtersbach?
Yes. Wächtersbach gets on average 52.8 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Wächtersbach warmed?
Yes: Wächtersbach warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wächtersbach?
The wettest day measured in Wächtersbach between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1982, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wächtersbach?
The windiest day measured in Wächtersbach between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 49.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wächtersbach?
The warmest month in Wächtersbach is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Wächtersbach?
Wächtersbach receives on average 831 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wächtersbach?
Wächtersbach gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Wächtersbach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wächtersbach between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1990, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wächtersbach?
Yes: Wächtersbach has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wächtersbach?
In Wächtersbach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 7 July 1957, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 19 January 1940.
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